Lace-paper doily.



No. 700,77I. i Patented May 27, |902.

J.. HESS.

,LACE PAPER DUILY.

. (Application filed Feb. 10, 1:902.) (No Model.)

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JOHN HESS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

LACE-PAPER DOILY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,771, dated May 2'?,1902. Application led February l0, 1902. Serial No..` 93,600. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HESS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and Statevthem the appearance of afabric doily, and

while these are to be used on a iiat or substantially fiat surface thisis rather simple; but when they are to be placed or used on a dish orarticle so that the corners of the doily protrude or extend over theedges of the dish or article it is more difficult, and the diierencebetween the paper and fabric doilies is more apparent, as the'paperwhich it is necessary to use is not soft and pliable like a textilefabric.

The object of my invention is to overcome this diliiculty and to producea four-cornered doily of paper in imitation of lace or textile fabrichaving its design so formed and arranged that when a doily of suitablesize is placed on a saucer or dish the corners of the doily whichprotrude or extend beyond the dish will droop gracefully and easily fromthe edge of the dish. This object I attain in a doily designed as shownin the drawings and hereinafter described.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a doily embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view in cross-section of a doily embodying myinvention placed on a saucer, which is also in cross-section.

In Fig. l a lace-paper doily is shown which is substantially square,having the corners a, b, c, and d. A substantially square design, withcorners 1, 2, 3, and 4, is formed in the doily, so that each of thecorners of the inscribed square is equidistant from the two corners ofthe doily nearest it. The edges of the inner design or inscribed squareare substantially straight and will be formed of sufficientsubstantiallyrblank material to form a stiff edge to the inscribedsquare, while the portion of the doily outside of the inscribed squareand adjacent to the stiff edge will be formed very open, as shown inFig.l, to make it more Horrible, so that When'the doily is placed on asaucer of suitable size the portions outside of the inscribed designwill droop away from the stiff edge.

The design as an .entirety may be varied, the center or inscribed squaremay be smaller, so that it does not extend to the edges of the doily,orthe center design or inscribed square may be larger, soy that the squareis not entirely inscribed, but its corners would if its edges wereextended fall without the doily; but so long as there are substantiallystraight stiff edges placed substantially as shown cutting olf thecorners of the doily it will come within the spirit of my invention.

I claim- 1. A 4four-cornered lace-paper doily having situated within itsborders a substantially square design each of whose corners will lieequidistant from the two corners of the outer border of the doilynearest to them,the edges of the inner substantially square design beingformed less flexible than the portions of the doily immediately outsideof them.

2. A lace-paper doily having situated within its outer borders asubstantially square design whose corners touch or approach near to theYouter border of the doily, the edges of the inner substantially squaredesign being formed less exible than the portions of the doilyimmediately outside of them.

3. A four-sided lace -paper doily having situated within its outerborder a substantially square design whose corners bisect the sides ofthe doily and whose edges are formed so that they are less pliable thanthe portions of the doily immediatelyoutside of them.

4. A four-sided doily of lace-paper of such a design that asubstantially square design is formed therein whose corners bisect thesides y of the doily and whose sides are formed enough stier than theportions of the doily immediately outside of them to form bending edges.

5. A four-sided doily of lace-paper of.such a design that asubstantially square design is formed therein so that each corner of thein- Signed by me at Mi1Waukee,Wisconsin,this ner design will lieequidistant from the two 30th day of January, 19Q2. corners of the outerborder of the doily nearest to them, the edges of the inner substan- 5tially square design being formed less flexible Witnesses:

than the portions of the doily immediately JNO. S. GREEN,

THoMAs P. CARTER.

JOHN HESS.,

outside of them.

